Atebion i Gwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad i’w hateb ar 13 Mehefin 2011
Answers to the Written Assembly Questions for answer on 13 June 2011
Cyhoeddir atebion yn yr iaith y’u darparwyd, gyda chyfieithiad Saesneg o atebion yn y Gymraeg.
Answers are published in the language in which they are provided, with a translation into English of responses provided in Welsh.
[R] yn nodi bod yr Aelod wedi datgan buddiant/signifies that the Member has declared an interest.
[W] yn nodi bod y cwestiwn wedi’i gyflwyno yn Gymraeg/signifies that the question was tabled in Welsh.
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Contents
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth
Questions to the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau
Questions to the Minister for Education and Skills
Cwestiynau i Weinidog yr Amgylchedd a Datblygu Cynaliadwy
Questions to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau
Questions to the Minister for Local Government and Communities
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth
To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Antionette Sandbach (Gogledd Cymru): Yn dilyn ei hateb i WAQ57437, a wnaiff y Gweinidog ddarparu manylion am ba ddirprwyaethau y mae wedi'u gwneud at ddibenion taliadau ac ymrwymiadau o fewn ei phortffolio, gan gynnwys ond heb eu cyfyngu i lefelau ariannol y dirprwyaethau a gradd y swyddogion sydd wedi derbyn y dirprwyaethau. (WAQ57469)
Antionette Sandbach (North Wales): Further to her answer to WAQ57437, will the Minister detail what delegations she has made for the purposes of payments and commitments within her portfolio, including but not limited to, the monetary levels of delegations and the grade of the officials to whom those delegations have been given. (WAQ57469)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 10 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 10 June 2011
The Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science (Edwina Hart): The detailed arrangement for delegations is an internal matter.
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills
Peter Black (Gorllewin De Cymru): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddarparu manylion am (a) pa adroddiadau sydd wedi cael eu paratoi ar gyfer ei adran gan ymgynghorwyr allanol er 2007, (b) y dyddiad y cawsant eu comisiynu, (c) eu pris a (d) ym mha gyfnod y maent ar hyn o bryd. (WAQ57462)
Peter Black (South Wales West): Will the Minister detail (a) what reports have been prepared for his department by external consultants since 2007, (b) the date they were commissioned, (c) their cost and (d) what stage they are currently at. (WAQ57462)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
The Minister for Education and Skills (Leighton Andrews): The table below sets out the details requested.
Name of report (a) |
Commissioned (b) |
Cost (c) |
Status (d) |
The Grant Thornton UK LLP Report |
July 2007 |
£68,000 |
Completed |
MIAP Implementation Support Business Case (PWC), Complete |
July 2008 |
£20,948 |
Completed |
A review of Careers Wales: 'Careers Wales: A Review in an International Perspective’. |
September 2008 |
£15,500 |
Completed |
A report on the funding of Open Distance Learning. |
January 2009 |
£25,000 |
Completed |
Financial appraisal of the proposed Healthy Eating in Schools (Wales) Measure 2008 |
February 2009 |
£30,268 |
Completed |
Cost of Administering Education in Wales |
February 2010 |
£183,300 |
Completed |
A report on potential models of governance for Further Education. |
November 2010 |
£11,250 |
Completed |
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Yn dilyn yr ateb i WAQ57411, a wnaiff y Gweinidog restru dyddiadau'r cyfarfodydd diweddaraf y mae wedi'u cael gyda phob un Is-Ganghellor Sefydliad Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru. (WAQ57463)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): Further to the answer to WAQ57411, will the Minister list the dates of the most recent meetings he had with each HEI Vice-Chancellor in Wales. (WAQ57463)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 05 Gorffennaf 2011
Answer received for publication on 05 July 2011
Leighton Andrews: I have nothing further to add to my answer to WAQ57411, apart from the meeting I had with the Vice-Chancellor of University of Glamorgan on 27 May, during the opening of the Aerospace Centre at their Treforest Campus.
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Sut y mae'r Gweinidog yn ymgysylltu ag Is-Gangellorion Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch o ran cyllido Addysg Uwch yn y dyfodol. (WAQ57464)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): How is the Minister engaging with HEI Vice-Chancellors on the future of Higher Education funding. (WAQ57464)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 13 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 13 June 2011
Leighton Andrews: Matters relating to higher education funding are discussed with Vice Chancellors of Welsh institutions both collectively at biannual meetings with Higher Education Wales and individually at specific institutional events.
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Sawl gwaith y gwrthodwyd cais gan Is-Ganghellor prifysgol am gyfarfod gyda'r Gweinidog er mis Mehefin 2010. (WAQ57465)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): On how many occasions has a request from a university Vice-Chancellor for a meeting with the Minister been declined since June 2010. (WAQ57465)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 05 Gorffennaf 2011
Answer received for publication on 05 July 2011
Leighton Andrews: I have declined a meeting request on one occasion (from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity St David), but offered a meeting with a senior Education Department official, and I have met the Vice Chancellor on other occasions.
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Sawl gwaith y gwrthodwyd cais gan Is-Ganghellor prifysgol am gyfarfod gyda swyddogion y Gweinidog er mis Mehefin 2010. (WAQ57466)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): On how many occasions has a request from a university Vice-Chancellor for a meeting with the Minister’s officials been declined since June 2010. (WAQ57466)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 13 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 13 June 2011
Leighton Andrews: My officials have declined only one meeting request from a university Vice-Chancellor since June 2010. They, and I, have a regular dialogue with the sector, either collectively or individually on a variety of current issues.
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Yn dilyn yr ateb i WAQ57413, a wnaiff y Gweinidog esbonio pam mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi penderfynu rhoi'r gorau i'w bolisi ar ddarparu gliniaduron am ddim. (WAQ57467)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): Further to the answer to WAQ57413, will the Minister explain why the Welsh Government has decided to discontinue its free laptops policy. (WAQ57467)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
Leighton Andrews: The Welsh Government did not have a free laptops policy. We supported a pilot project to explore the educational benefits of providing access to laptops through schools for children from flying start and communities first areas. This project ended as scheduled on 31 March 2011 and is now being evaluated.
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Yn dilyn yr ateb i WAQ57414, a wnaiff y Gweinidog gadarnhau sawl gliniadur a brynwyd ac a ddarparwyd i fyfyrwyr. (WAQ57468)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): Further to the answer to WAQ57414, will the Minister confirm the total number of laptops purchased and provided to students. (WAQ57468)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
Leighton Andrews: Figures provided by local authorities indicate that the One Wales Laptops project provided 943 laptops for use by 1360 children.
(several projects provided laptops which were shared among one or more classes)
Gofyn i Weinidog yr Amgylchedd a Datblygu Cynaliadwy
To ask the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development
Antionette Sandbach (Gogledd Cymru): Pa gynlluniau sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer diogelu dyfodol lladd-dai bach yng Nghymru. (WAQ57458) Trosglwyddwyd i’w ateb gan y Gweinidog Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth
Antionette Sandbach (North Wales): What are the Welsh Government’s plans for securing the future of small abbatoirs in Wales. (WAQ57458) Transferred for answer by the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 16 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 16 June 2011
The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, and European Programmes (Alun Davies): I have a meeting on 15 June with Lord Rooker, Chair of the Food Standards Agency at which time I will ensure that the FSA remains aware of its statutory obligations to consider the interests of businesses with a low throughput, and the action incumbent on it in the Welsh Government Food, Farming and Countryside strategy to work with us and Hybu Cig Cymru to devise a charging regime that is fair for small abattoirs in Wales.
Antionette Sandbach (Gogledd Cymru): A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog amlinellu cynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer gwella mynediad i'r arfordir. (WAQ57459)
Antionette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister outline the Welsh Government’s plans for improving coastal access. (WAQ57459)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development (John Griffiths): Through our Coastal Access Improvement Programme (CAIP) the Countryside Council for Wales oversees the improvement of existing rights of way to the coast and the development of new access, with the aim of completing the 850-mile long Wales Coast Path.
A good deal of progress has been made and a number of new sections of path have already been opened. Earlier this year a new section linked the established Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire coast paths, which completed 250 miles of continuous path. Further openings are planned as we approach the grand opening of the Wales Coast Path, scheduled for 5th May 2012.
To oversee longer term maintenance and promotion of the Wales Coast Path, we will continue to engage with the coastal local and National Park authorities to ensure that this important project will continue to offer greater opportunities for access and recreation for the people of Wales.
Antionette Sandbach (Gogledd Cymru): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am bolisi Llywodraeth Cymru o ran defnyddio cnydau GM yng Nghymru. (WAQ57460)
Antionette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s policy for the use of GM crops in Wales. (WAQ57460)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 17 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 17 June 2011
John Griffiths: The Welsh Government remains committed to a policy that takes the most restrictive and precautionary approach to the growing of GM crops in Wales that is consistent with the EU and UK legislative framework.
Antionette Sandbach (Gogledd Cymru): Pa gynlluniau sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer aildrefnu strwythur Parciau Cenedlaethol Cymru. (WAQ57461)
Antionette Sandbach (North Wales): What are the Welsh Government’s plans for reforming the structure of Welsh National Parks. (WAQ57461)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
John Griffiths: There are no plans to reform the structure of the National Parks in Wales.
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services
Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Mewn perthynas â'r Ganolfan Aelodau Artiffisial a Chyfarpar, beth yw (i) yr amser aros ar gyfartaledd a (ii) yr amser aros hiraf ar gyfer gwasanaethau cadair olwyn ar gyfer (a) oedolion a (b) plant ym Mwrdd Iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr a Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro ym mhob un o'r pum mlynedd diwethaf. (WAQ57457)
Darren Millar (Clwyd West): In relation to the Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre, what is (i) the average waiting time and (ii) the longest waiting time for wheelchair services for (a) adults and (b) Children for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board for each of the last five years. (WAQ57457)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Lesley Griffiths): I refer you to my answer to WAQ57429.
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau
To ask the Minister for Local Government and Communities
Paul Davies (Preseli Sir Benfro): Ac ystyried y capasiti cyfyngedig ar groesfan Pont Reilffordd Casllwchwr, a wnaiff y Gweinidog amlinellu pa waith sydd yn yr arfaeth i ddatrys y broblem hon, a pha bryd y bwriedir gwneud y gwaith hwnnw. (WAQ57456)
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire): Given the limited capacity of the Loughor Railway Bridge crossing, will the Minister outline what work is planned to remedy this problem, and when is it planned. (WAQ57456)
Derbyniwyd ateb i’w gyhoeddi ar 15 Mehefin 2011
Answer received for publication on 15 June 2011
The Minister for Local Government and Communities (Carl Sargeant):
Network Rail is responsible for the day to day operation, maintenance and renewal of the rail infrastructure in Wales. It is renewing the bridge in 2013. The Welsh Government is funding the redoubling of the track across the bridge from a single line to a double line, and this will provide capacity for future growth in services.